In reply to Toerag:
And to planetmarshall:
It has been a cold summer in the Lakes, almost as cold as 2015. Obviously it has warmed up a bit now. It was a cold April, cold May and most of June. Nothing spectacular, but this is perfect weather at the moment! There has been no shortage of rain so far. A dry spell is welcome. The farmers are in paradise.
In the south, the urbanisation and development esp. airports and warehousing, roads, housing etc, and increased population of 20 million since when I was a student makes for a very significant urban heat island effect. Compared to the north this can be 5-15 degrees C excess for the southeast of England. It is almost like two nations compared to where I live.
Driving home recent evenings it has been 10-15 degrees late evening, Thursday 4th it was 12 degrees all morning. Daytimes we have reached 21, 23 sometimes high 20s like today. Great climbing conditions now for the Lakes nevertheless.
This weather is not exceptional, it is perfectly normal, randomly variable, most people here would like it to be hotter, me too. Good for crags like Eagle Buttermere and Scafell/Pillar.
DC